Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-27

non-citizen was sent to the -Four
| t, enth. At this time the ietol
of the party's headquarters demanded
his monthly share Of ''unearned ia.
crement," or he would evict them.
But fate decreed that he would not
evict. A bourgeoise capitalistic
n.inter WAS mulcted out Of 500 worth
Of printing in good socialistic fashion,
while another Socialist printer, who
G 1t all the orders after the North Will
/ ,m street printer refused to further
''hang up" not only had the foresight
to demand q deposit ON all or, ers,
but sent a fistic son of Eriu to collect
the bill on each delivery.
The heelers of the party then be-
gan to get disguised with their candi-
date because he wouldn't put up beer
for the c0meraden (comrades), but
they finally induced him to set up a
corruption fund Of cheese and
crackers" Then opposition came to
the candidate, to the effect that he
was vain and conceited." Mass
meetings were gotten up on twelve
hours notice, and generally held in
obscure streets, rs the great thing
necessary, SO said the committee, was
to reach the "down-trodden masses"
AS the day OF election drew near
the committee did not seem to relish
Swinton's idea of peddling tickets
from the tops of ash barrels with
pleasant zephyrs waiting around their
ears" So they resolved upon regular
boohs. Alter much urging one OF
the non-En glish-speaking committee
men was induced to wait upon Ger
the noble cause by contributing the
boxes, but the union not only refused
this request, but demanded u good
round sum as deposit for assurance OF
its members being paid wages for
making the boxes. Many of the
Assembly Districts conducted their
meetings in German, and fully one
half of the election district captains
were not only non-citizens, but many
could neither write nor talk the Eng
lush language.
The Secretary OF the Senate Com
mittee admits that he hired q Germ
immigrant from Castle Garden for 81
on election day to peddle Swinton' S
ballots in an election district OF the
Eighteenth Assembly district, which
has an exceedingly small proportion
of German Socialists. Henry Bergh
and Courtlandt Palmer are said to
have been the only ones in that dis
trict who voted for the Progressive
Labor party, and that solely for the
candidacy OF John Swinton. The
campaign wound up by a blunder in
the election caption on the tickets and
Progressive Labor ignoramuses who
challenged SwInton voters.
That William Penn Rogers, the ac-
tual founder Of the Progressive Labor
party, should suddenly make up his
mind to visit an imaginary sick aunt
in Ohio and forsake his party at q
time when his services were most
needed and when he himself was u
candidate of his party for County
Comptroller in November, has never
been satisfactorily explained. 1t has
been frequently averred that William
was not i'll Ohio, but in THIS city dur
ing the election. When John Swim
ton was nominated for Secre-
tary OF State, Editor Shevitch
eulogized THE Pillar of Light
OF the Labor Movement" and
stated that "all we want is his
honored name" Why did he only
want mis- name? The answer is obvl-
GUS. Il is sufficient TO say that John
Swinton was nominated TO be sold out
by the Progressive Labor party, and
for nothing else, This is evident
when hundreds of dollars were spent
by the county committee sending
speakers in the interior of the State,
while not one cent was devoted to
elect Swinton, who, of all the candi-
dates, had any chance OF being
elected. Meetings were arranged by
the party in Swinton's district, but no
speakers provided, or, if provided, it
was suddenly discovered that they
were assigned to Swampville or
some hamlet where not one
vote was cast for the party.
A parade was arranged for November
by Swinton's campaign committee,
but the County Committee asserted
ltS authority ana cOuntefmanOeu tle
parade, and arranged one for the
whole city, which proved tizzle. A
Republican heeler and chairman OF
a committee were paid - day for
skirmishing around town and testing
the beer of hall owners, while really
engaged to get up masS-meetings.
Men recommended by leaders of the
party as trustworthy were paid numeI-
GUS sums to distribute campaign liter
AZURE, and then escorted to the head
quarters of an opposing candidate.
Although the County Committee
had treasur, somebody else paid the
bills and generally had more OF the
the peoples money than the custodi-
an Of the finances of the party.
Judge Seeker, candidate Tor Civil
Justice, was mulcted of several hun
dreds of dollars by leaders of the Pro-
gressive Labor party, and he was then
sold out and Henry @. Botty's tickets
punched by the Tenth District Pro-
gressive Labor party.-[N. Y. News.